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“To see the future would be a horrible curse, I am quite sure. Let me not be a prophet in my own country, but a scientist. I only want to be a scientist.”
pp. 612-613.

Now at the part where Galileo gets railroaded by the Inquisition… 😡

“But surpassing all stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind was his who dreamed of finding means to communicate his deepest thoughts to any other person, though distant by mighty intervals of space and time!” p. 465

Sì, certo, signor Galilei. Tale è il potere della parola scritta.

“Astrology is the prostitution of mathematics.” p. 416

Well, this book is fuckin cray-cray—Quite enjoyably so! 😜

This book gets more and more interesting all the time!! 🤩